Power Adapter & Earphones are sold separately
Colorful. Powerful. And Barely a handful.
iPhone 12 mini packs big features in a 5.4-inch design.¹ A beautifully bright and compact Super Retina XDR display. Ceramic Shield with 4x better drop performance.² Incredible low-light photography with Night mode on all cameras. Cinema-grade Dolby Vision HDR video recording, editing, and playback. Powerful A14 Bionic chip. And new MagSafe accessories for easy attach and faster wireless charging.³ It’s big news for mini.
¹ The display has rounded corners. When measured as a rectangle, the screen is 5.42 inches diagonally. The actual viewable area is less.
² Claim based on iPhone 12 mini Ceramic Shield front compared with previous-generation iPhone.
³ Accessories are sold separately
Technical Specifications
Colour
Capacity
Sim Card
Face ID or Touch ID
Cellular and Wireless
- 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79)
- 5G NR mmWave (Bands n260, n261)
- FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71)
- TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
- CDMA EV‑DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- 5G (sub‑6 GHz and mmWave)
- Gigabit‑class LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA4
- 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 with 2x2 MIMO
- Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
- Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness
- NFC with reader mode
- Express Cards with the power reserve
Accessibility
Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new iPhones. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility, and learning, you can fully enjoy the world’s most personal device.
Features include:
- Voice Control
- VoiceOver
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- RTT and TTY support
- Siri and Dictation
- Type to Siri
- Switch Control
- Closed Captions
- AssistiveTouch
- Speak Screen
- Back Tap
Buttons and Connectors
- Volume up/down
- Ring/Silent
- Side button
- Built-in stereo speaker
- Built-in microphone
- Lightning connector
Chip
- A14 Bionic chip. Next‑generation Neural Engine
Connector
Display
- Super Retina XDR display
- 5.4‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display
- 2340‑by‑1080-pixel resolution at 476 ppi
- HDR display
- True Tone
- The wide color (P3)
- Haptic Touch
- 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
-
625 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits max brightness (HDR)
- Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
- Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
Camera and Video
Camera
- Dual 12MP camera system: Ultra Wide and Wide cameras
- Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
- Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture
- 2x optical zoom out;
- Digital zoom up to 5x
- Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
- Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)
- Optical image stabilization (Wide)
- Five‑element lens (Ultra Wide); seven‑element lens (Wide)
- Brighter True Tone flash with Slow Sync
- Panorama (up to 63MP)
- Sapphire crystal lens cover
- 100% Focus Pixels (Wide)
- Night mode (Ultra Wide, Wide)
- Deep Fusion (Ultra Wide, Wide)
- Smart HDR 3
- Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
- Lens correction (Ultra Wide)
- Advanced red‑eye correction
- Auto image stabilization
- Burst mode
- Photo geotagging
- Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
- HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 30 fps
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
- 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
- 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
- Optical image stabilization for video (Wide)
- 2x optical zoom out
- Digital zoom up to 3x
- Audio zoom
- Brighter True Tone flash
- QuickTake video
- Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
- Time‑lapse video with stabilization
- Night mode Time‑lapse
- Extended dynamic range for video up to 60 fps
- Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
- Continuous autofocus video
- Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
- Playback zoom
- Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
- Stereo recording
TrueDepth Camera
- 12MP camera
- ƒ/2.2 aperture
- Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
- Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)
- Animoji and Memoji
- Night mode
- Deep Fusion
- Smart HDR 3
- HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 30 fps
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
- 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
- Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps
- Time‑lapse video with stabilization
- Night mode Time‑lapse
- Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
- Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
- QuickTake video
- Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
- Lens correction
- Retina Flash
- Auto image stabilization
- Burst mode
Power and Battery
-
Video playback: Up to 15 hours
-
Video playback (streamed): Up to 10 hours
-
Audio playback: Up to 50 hours
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W10
- Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W10
- Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
- Fast-charge capable: Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)
Sensors
- Face ID
- Barometer
- Three‑axis gyro
- Accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light sensor
System Requirements
- Apple ID (required for some features)
- Internet access
Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
- macOS Catalina 10.15 using the Finder
- macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 through macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.8 or later
- Windows 7 or later using iTunes 12.10 or later
Size and Weight
- Height: 131.5 mm
- Width: 64.2 mm
- Depth: 7.4 mm
- Weight: 135 grams
Splash, Water, and Dust Resistant
- Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529
In The Box
- Phone with iOS 14
- USB-C to Lightning Cable
- Documentation
- (As part of Apple’s efforts to reach their environmental goals, iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini do not include EarPods. Please use your existing Apple headphones or purchase these accessories separately)
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